Thanks for another great video! I'm always trying to find keywords that other sellers are not using. Fun fact - parts of Runaway Bride were filmed at the Atlantic Hotel in Berlin, Md. - if you get that card again, you can mention that. And, if you're ever in Berlin, Md., it's a great hotel with a wonderful restaurant!
Lol, I likely had the same buyer as you as some guy sent low-ball offers last week on several RPPCs. In each instance he made a comment like "you'll never get $50 for this", "postcards don't sell for this much" etc. In my case, I had to decline and block and the cards sold anyway without his low bids
I haven't been here for a while! The idea about not accepting 25% off offers so soon after listing is something I need to be more assertive about. I have been in a situation where I am accepting almost all offers on postcards (unless it's like 75% off lol) just to get some more of them moving. But I'm not as experienced and a lot of the cards I list have few or no comps.. So I end up accepting the lower offers because "well, I guess that's what it's worth". I'm trying some more auctions for the ones without comps but 9 times out of 10 they don't sell via auction for me. Feels like I am constantly fiddling with things in an effort to garner more sales when I should just list more 😅
I just had a buyer send me two lowball offers, today. The last lowball offer came with a screenshot of sold prices for my card from 2023! lol I messaged back telling him that the same card from another seller sold for close to my asking price last month. I did counter (again) the same price as I countered before. Haven't heard back. So we shall see. haha
Hi. Love your videos I subscribed. Question I'm getting ready for my first listing . I received cards with that musty smell. What do you use to help get rid of that?also some were warped a little. What do I do about that. Does it matter? Thank you for your time
Yeah it definitely matters and can detract from the value or even make them unsellable if it’s really bad. There’s not a ton you can do for warped postcards but for a musty smell you can try letting them breathe or using an ozone generator (safely and following the instructions).
I don’t recommend WorthPoint unless you are selling over $1,000 a week, and even then it may not be worth it. Using a combination of Terapeak and auctions when there is no Terapeak data is a good solution. If you do need WorthPoint, use the $28.99 a month plan.
@@mailseum I would disagree. WP is helpful for those who don't know the value of something and can potentially sell their item for far more than they anticipated. To say that you need to generate $1k a week is poor advice. My suggestion to anyone who is considering using it is if you can profit an additional $30 a month to cover the cost of the plan, then its worth it.
@@beckyc370 sorry, I was a bit rushed when I wrote the comment above! It may also be worth it if you are listing 50-100+ postcards per day or deal in more uncommon postcards. I don’t want to discourage you from getting it if it may be valuable to you, but I do think most sellers can do fine without it!
It depends how low it is and how far off we are. If they offer 50% off on a card I’ve had listed for quite a while, I’ll probably counter. If they offer 50% or more on a card I just listed, I’ll probably just decline.
Never decline offers. Always counter. eBay sees the offers back and forth and promotes it to more people. I get $40 offers on $180 sports cards and still counter.
I’ve heard that before, but never seen any evidence to back it up. Happy to change the way I do things if you can point me towards any evidence, but I’ve noticed no difference in declining vs. countering.
@@mailseum I always said the same but started to counter and noticed a lot of same day offers from other buyers. May be different for postcards but that’s how it is for me on sports cards. It also discourages the buyer as I’ve had buyer make me $2 offers on $20 cards then I counter $18 and it’s immediately accepted by the same buyer. Whatever works for you works for you and obviously you’re doing well and better than me. My weekly sales are $1300-$2000 so it’s not killing your business just don’t want you to miss out on opportunities for more sales
I did counter offers my first 3 years selling because I believed the same thing. I changed because I had buyers telling me “I didn’t know that was a low offer, eBay told me you’d respond if I sent a $5 offer on a $20 postcard” (paraphrasing). When I started declining instead of countering that stopped. This is just anecdotal personal experience, but I’ve found if a buyer wants a card and you decline an offer, they will make a new offer or buy it at full price (just happened to me 10 minutes ago - got a $4 offer on a card for $5.95 I just listed, I declined, they purchased at full price). All that to say I don’t think there’s a “wrong” way to do offers, just do what works for you!
Daniel. Just curious why you put the key words "Postcard" or "Real Photo RPPC" at the very end of your title rather than at the very beginning. I have been taught that the first five words of your title are the most important and I would think that those keywords would be most important so why would you put them in the least important position in your title sequence?
I don’t believe the order of words in the title affects placement in search or elsewhere and I’ve seen no evidence that it does. I write titles for the person reading them, and putting the subject then city and state feels natural to me for view cards. As pereirahawk says, the words postcard and RPPC or real photo postcard don’t even need to be in your title necessarily. Your items will come up in postcard searches as long as you are listing in the postcard category, and will come up for the term real photo or RPPC if you add that as an item specific. I still include it at the end so buyers can easily tell what it is, but if I don’t have room I will leave out postcard or RPPC (but make sure RPPC is set for item specifics if I leave that off).
Click bait episode. This episode had nothing to do with the title. I thought I was going to learn about using the right keywords in my titles. Shame on you Mailseum.
Thanks for another great video! I'm always trying to find keywords that other sellers are not using. Fun fact - parts of Runaway Bride were filmed at the Atlantic Hotel in Berlin, Md. - if you get that card again, you can mention that. And, if you're ever in Berlin, Md., it's a great hotel with a wonderful restaurant!
That is a big buy and cannot wait to watch your video because I love the journey many take to amass their stock. Congrats Daniel, well deserved.
Lol, I likely had the same buyer as you as some guy sent low-ball offers last week on several RPPCs. In each instance he made a comment like "you'll never get $50 for this", "postcards don't sell for this much" etc. In my case, I had to decline and block and the cards sold anyway without his low bids
Thanks for posting - I always enjoy your contribution to the postcard culture.
I haven't been here for a while!
The idea about not accepting 25% off offers so soon after listing is something I need to be more assertive about. I have been in a situation where I am accepting almost all offers on postcards (unless it's like 75% off lol) just to get some more of them moving. But I'm not as experienced and a lot of the cards I list have few or no comps.. So I end up accepting the lower offers because "well, I guess that's what it's worth". I'm trying some more auctions for the ones without comps but 9 times out of 10 they don't sell via auction for me. Feels like I am constantly fiddling with things in an effort to garner more sales when I should just list more 😅
Would love to see some of those cards from your large buy make it to WhatNot for sure!
I just had a buyer send me two lowball offers, today. The last lowball offer came with a screenshot of sold prices for my card from 2023! lol I messaged back telling him that the same card from another seller sold for close to my asking price last month. I did counter (again) the same price as I countered before. Haven't heard back. So we shall see. haha
I hope you record a bit of yourself as you unbox this big buy. Congrats on such a great score. Well deserved.
Hi. Love your videos I subscribed. Question I'm getting ready for my first listing . I received cards with that musty smell. What do you use to help get rid of that?also some were warped a little. What do I do about that. Does it matter? Thank you for your time
Yeah it definitely matters and can detract from the value or even make them unsellable if it’s really bad. There’s not a ton you can do for warped postcards but for a musty smell you can try letting them breathe or using an ozone generator (safely and following the instructions).
What tier of Worthpoint works best for postcards?
I don’t recommend WorthPoint unless you are selling over $1,000 a week, and even then it may not be worth it. Using a combination of Terapeak and auctions when there is no Terapeak data is a good solution. If you do need WorthPoint, use the $28.99 a month plan.
@@mailseum I would disagree. WP is helpful for those who don't know the value of something and can potentially sell their item for far more than they anticipated. To say that you need to generate $1k a week is poor advice. My suggestion to anyone who is considering using it is if you can profit an additional $30 a month to cover the cost of the plan, then its worth it.
@@mailseum Thanks for the info. Just started selling postcards and learning as I go. Love your videos!
@@beckyc370 sorry, I was a bit rushed when I wrote the comment above! It may also be worth it if you are listing 50-100+ postcards per day or deal in more uncommon postcards. I don’t want to discourage you from getting it if it may be valuable to you, but I do think most sellers can do fine without it!
@@mailseum No, its fine. I do appreciate you taking the time to answer my question.
When you get a low offer do you automatically decline it or do try and negotiate with them?
It depends how low it is and how far off we are. If they offer 50% off on a card I’ve had listed for quite a while, I’ll probably counter. If they offer 50% or more on a card I just listed, I’ll probably just decline.
Never decline offers. Always counter. eBay sees the offers back and forth and promotes it to more people. I get $40 offers on $180 sports cards and still counter.
I’ve heard that before, but never seen any evidence to back it up. Happy to change the way I do things if you can point me towards any evidence, but I’ve noticed no difference in declining vs. countering.
@@mailseum I always said the same but started to counter and noticed a lot of same day offers from other buyers. May be different for postcards but that’s how it is for me on sports cards. It also discourages the buyer as I’ve had buyer make me $2 offers on $20 cards then I counter $18 and it’s immediately accepted by the same buyer. Whatever works for you works for you and obviously you’re doing well and better than me. My weekly sales are $1300-$2000 so it’s not killing your business just don’t want you to miss out on opportunities for more sales
I did counter offers my first 3 years selling because I believed the same thing. I changed because I had buyers telling me “I didn’t know that was a low offer, eBay told me you’d respond if I sent a $5 offer on a $20 postcard” (paraphrasing). When I started declining instead of countering that stopped.
This is just anecdotal personal experience, but I’ve found if a buyer wants a card and you decline an offer, they will make a new offer or buy it at full price (just happened to me 10 minutes ago - got a $4 offer on a card for $5.95 I just listed, I declined, they purchased at full price).
All that to say I don’t think there’s a “wrong” way to do offers, just do what works for you!
Daniel. Just curious why you put the key words "Postcard" or "Real Photo RPPC" at the very end of your title rather than at the very beginning. I have been taught that the first five words of your title are the most important and I would think that those keywords would be most important so why would you put them in the least important position in your title sequence?
@@pereirahawk Thanks for your insight.
I don’t believe the order of words in the title affects placement in search or elsewhere and I’ve seen no evidence that it does. I write titles for the person reading them, and putting the subject then city and state feels natural to me for view cards.
As pereirahawk says, the words postcard and RPPC or real photo postcard don’t even need to be in your title necessarily. Your items will come up in postcard searches as long as you are listing in the postcard category, and will come up for the term real photo or RPPC if you add that as an item specific. I still include it at the end so buyers can easily tell what it is, but if I don’t have room I will leave out postcard or RPPC (but make sure RPPC is set for item specifics if I leave that off).
Click bait episode. This episode had nothing to do with the title. I thought I was going to learn about using the right keywords in my titles. Shame on you Mailseum.